Cigarette-roller.



No. 823,217. 0- P. HAM-MAR. 'PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. CIGARETTE ROLLER.

APPLICATION 11.29 NOV. 25, 1905.

Fig-5- l i a W/ T/VESSES BY ATTORNEY.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed November 25, 1905. Serial No. 289,094.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OscAR F. IIAMMAR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leechburg, in the county of Armstrong and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inCigarette-Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedcigarette-roller; and to this end my invention consists of acigaretteroller, in the novel features of construction, and in thecombination of parts, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate application of myinvention, Figure -1 is a side elevational view of an apparatusconstructed in accordance with my invention with the lid or coverremoved. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. showing the rollers pushedback and the device ready to receive the tobacco; Fig. 3, a broken planview; Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view showing the rollers movedinwardly and the tobacco in position; Figs. 5 and 6, detail views ofrocker tension mechanism; Fig. 7, a vertical sectional view showing theparts inclosed by a lid or cover. Fig. 8 is a part side elevational viewand a part-sectional view of a modified form, showing alid or cover; andFig. 9,.a vertical sectional view of the form of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, the body portion 1 of my cigarette-roller ispreferably made of sheet metal of any convenient shape and has formedintegral therewith end portions 2. Each of the end portions is formedwith two slots 3, which slots terminate in downwardly-projecting loops4.

Extending from end toend of the body portion are two rollers 5. Theserollers each have a journal 6, which latter are located in the curvedslots 3 and are arranged to be freely moved therein from the outer endsof the slots to the looped portions 4. For convenience in moving saidrollers 5 from. their separated positions, as shown by Fig. 2, to thelooped portions 4, as shown. by Fig. 4, the journals 6 are extendedoutwardly for a slight pistance beyond the ends 2.

Formed integral with the body 1 and at each side thereof I employ aledge or stop 7. The function of these ledges 7 is to limit themovements of a rocker tension device and to cooperate with the tensiondevice to change the tension on the traveling apron, as hereinafter morefully described. This tension device forms an important andcharacteristic use I am enabled to make a firm and wellformed cigarettefrom various kinds of tobacco. The tension device, as illustrated and aspreferred, consists of a rocker comprising bars or rods 8 and end pieces9. In practice the rocker tension device is formed as an integralstructure; but it is evident that it may be constructed of separateparts suitably connected.

10 designates the apron or ribbon which is provided with handles 11 fordrawing the apron or ribbon through the apparatus. Handles 1.1 alsoserve as stops during the operation of forming the cigarette. As clearlyshown by the drawings, ribbon 10 is located under the rods 8 of thetension device and extends upwardly and around the two rollers 5. Thelooped portions 4 are so spaced as to cause the rollers 5 to come quiteclose together when their journals are in said loops.

Sufficient space, however, is left to permit the ribbon to passbetween'the rollers and to insert a paper wrapper 14. The tension deviceis centrally journaled within the body on pins 13, which latter in theforms illustrated proj ect inwardly from the ends 2.

In forming a cigarette the parts are first arranged in the positionshown by Fig. 2 that is, with the guide-rollers 5 spread apart and inthe outer ends of the two slots 3-and the apron depressed within thebody to form a loop to receive the tobacco. After the tobacco is placedon the depressed portion of the apron the guide-rollers are moved byhand from the outer ends of the slots 3 to the looped portions 4, orinto the position shown by Fig. 4. While in this position the apron orribbon is pulled in either direction, causing the tobacco to be rolledinto shape to receive the wrapper 14. The paper wrapper 14 is insertedinto the space 12 and between the rollers 5, as particularly shown byFig. 4. Then by pulling the apron the wrapper is drawn into the rollerand wound around the tobaccofiller, thus completing the cigarette. Thetension upon the apron or ribbon is varied, as desired, by the tensiondevice. By the employment of my tension means I am enabled to usevarious kinds of tobacco in making cigarettes and to so regulate thetension of the ribbon to produce uniform and well-rollee cigarettes. Thetension upon the apron is varied as required by moving the bars of thetension device toward and away from the ledges 7, and 'the said bars areso moved by a slight change in the direction of pull upon the ribbon.Thus in Fig. 4 I have represented the ribbon or apron as being pulled inan upwardly direction. A pull in this direction raises one bar of thetension device and causes the other bar to be lowered and to bear uponand pinch the apron between said bar and one of the ledges 7. It will benoted that the tension upon the apron may be still further increased bychanging the angle of pull on the ribbon or by lifting the raised bar ofthe ten sion device to a still higher plane than that shown by Fig. 4.The tension of course may be lessened by slightly raising the bar fromthe ledge.

15 designates a cover or lid for the roller, and in the form of Fig. 8 Ihave shown the cover hinged to an end of the body, and for this purposeI extend the pin 13 through the end, as clearly shown by Fig. 8. Thedotted line in Fig. 9 indicates the cover swung free of the upper partof the body.

What I claim is 1. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing provided withan apron contacting surface, a rocking tension device, an apron arrangedbetween the contacting surface and the ten sion device, said tensiondevice operated by a pull upon the apron, substantially as set forth.

2. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing, a rocking tension devicecomprising end pieces connected by cross-rods, an apron arranged betweena portion of the casing and a crossrod, said tension device operated bya pull upon the apron, substantially as set forth.

8. A cigarette-roller comprising a body portion, a traveling apron,guide-rollers, a rocking tension device, said apron arranged to passunder the tension device and over the guide-rollers, substantially asset forth.

4. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing having end pieces formed withslots or open ings, a traveling apron, movable guide-rollers arranged tobe moved in the slots or openings, a tension device, said apron arrangedto be passed under the tension device and over the guide-rollers,substantially as set forth.

5. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing formed with longitudinalledges, a traveling apron, guide-rollers, a tension device, said apronarranged to pass between the tension device and the ledges and over theguiderollers, substantially as set forth.

6. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing having longitudinal ledges orsupports and end pieces formed with slots, a traveling apron, movableguide-rollers arranged to be moved in the slots, a tension device, saidapron arranged between the tension device and the ledges or supports andover the guiderollers, substantially as set forth.

7. A cigarette-roller comprising a casing having end pieces formed withslots terminating in a downward looped portion constitutingroller-guides, rollers arranged to be moved.

in said guides, a traveling apron, and a rocking tension device,substantially as set forth. 8. A cigarette-roller comprising a bodyportion formed of a single piece of metal having end pieces formed withslots terminating in a looped portion, a traveling apron, guiderollersarranged to be moved in the slotted end pieces, a rocking-tension deviceand a removable lid or cover, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

OSCAR F. HAMMAR. Witnesses:

LAURA E. HUBBARD, W. G. DOOLITTLE.

